As the sun sets over the mountains named as such, reports have emerged that our heroes have successfully entered Dalganaf via its sealed waste passage. Upon entering the palace they did unknowingly bring about the awakening of the resting undead in the palace and the city, entombing them with perils of tremendous risk. And the very latest information now in my possession is that they have encountered and bested the mummified and reanimated form of Dalganaf's late king.
As a service to enrich these chronicles we have conducted research into what little is known to the outside world of Dalganaf.
Dalganaf was founded as "Dalganaf's Wake" 430 years before the Dale Reckoning - so "negative 429 DR" to some - as most Dwarven cities of the time were: a mining outpost established by a particularly bold and charismatic dwarf seeking to find his own fame. In this case that dwarf did not live to witness his own fame as "Dalganaf the Brash" was killed in a cave-in shortly after establishing the mining base. It was named in his honor days later.
Dalganaf never flourished as a mining operation, though it quickly made a name for itself through its foundry which supplied refined materials to the gnomes, elves, and budding human dales which had begun to dot about the region. Around -360 DR the city gained a powerful alliance with a lesser Netherese wizard enclave, and it is this alliance which allegedly birthed their spellforge. This allowed Dalganaf to become a prime provider of magical armaments in the region, solidifying the prominence of their small but influential settlement.
Dalganaf retained this posture for over 1500 years through the fall of their Netherese allies and the reigns of several kings, each one being devoutly protective of the foundry and ensuring their operation would not be compromised by outside influences. This all changed in 1297 DR when under unknown conditions a powerful necromancer infiltrated the city and raised a zombie army which would drive a decimated population to flee and seal the city behind them. It is unknown how such an overthrowing could take place given the mass of powerful weaponry that the city had amassed, though some records of survivors claim that betrayal by trusted officials was a primary cause.
The last king of Dalganaf - who is hopefully now laid to final rest by our heroes - was King Vergal Igban. King Igban was known to be a quiet and reclusive ruler who largely maintained the status quo and entrusted his advisors to guide the ongoing operations of the city. His closest advisor and friend and the captain of the city's guard was Lord Falmore Rivenswald. His court chronicler - whose name appears on most of the documents which has escaped the city at the time - was Lord Jansen Ashbrew. He had no children, and the plan of succession was unknown, though it was not unheard of for a dwarven king to bequeath the crown to a friend or a paragon of the community.
Though we do not know the current fate of our heroes, we have confidence that they have prevailed over their challenges thus far and now face the horrors of an amassed undead army standing between them and their objective at the foundry.
